Rebecca Salsbury Strand

1922

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image depicts the upper part of a woman's body, approximately from her shoulders up, appearing to be in water. The woman is facing upward with her arms stretched outwards. She has short, wet hair combed back and a necklace around her neck. Her facial features include sharp eyes and a smiling expression. The lighting emphasizes her facial structure, with shadows on her face. The background is blurred dark, resembling water.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 9.2 × 11.6 cm (3 5/8 × 4 9/16 in.)
    mount: 34.3 × 27.1 cm (13 1/2 × 10 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.560

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    214E

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    751

The image shows a man leaning his head on his hand, positioned with his face resting on his left hand. He has a mustache, thin-framed eyeglasses, and thick, greying hair that curls slightly at the edges. He is dressed in a formal jacket, a white shirt, and a black bow tie. The background is a soft, dark blur.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Georgia O'Keeffe; gift to NGA, 1949.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2012

  • The Serial Portrait: Photography and Identity in the Last One Hundred Years: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, September 30–December 31, 2012

Bibliography

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 751.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: 214 E

Wikidata ID

Q64035178

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Stieglitz Collections

A corresponding print was given to the following institution(s) by Alfred Stieglitz during his lifetime, or was received or acquired from the estate:

The Art Institute of Chicago, 1949.696

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